【网络综合 - 英语翻译资格考试试题】
Passage 1
I think Chinese businesspeople tend to have business negotiations in a rather indirect manner， as opposed to the more direct style of American businesspeople， who are said to work with the “get-down-to-business-first” mentality. The Chinese-type management encourages cooperation among employees， between the labor and the management， and gives employees a joy of participation and fulfillment， as well as a sense of pride in their work. And most Chinese try to find the meaning of life through working in their jobs， and view work as essential for having membership in a community. The American-type， or the top-down， management emphasizes efficiency， and competition among workers. The American work ethic seems to be more individual oriented. Traditionally， Americans work because it is the will of God， and often value the results and accomplishments of work more than its process.
我认为中国人在商务谈判时倾向于使用一种迂回婉转的方式，而那些被认为在工作时具有一 种“公务为先”的心态的美国人则往往表现出较为直截了当的作风。 中国式的管理方式鼓励员工之间的合作，也鼓励普通员工和管理人员之间的合作，使员工有一种喜悦的参与感和成就感，使他们对自己的工作产生一种自豪感。 大多数中国人想从工作中找到生活的意义，他们将工作视为成为团体中一份子的必不可缺的条件。美国式的自下而上的管理方式注重效率，注重员工之间的竞争。美国人的工作观有较强的个体取向性。美国人一直认为，工作是秉承了上帝的意志，对工作成果的重视常常高于对工作过程的重视。
Passage 2
In the short period of six days， we have gone a longer distance than the world-renowned “Long March”。 We have acquired a keen sense of the diversity， dynamism， and progress of China under your policies of reform and opening to the outside world. My wife and I have a special regard and personal fr until 1990. The first stone was laid in the presence of President Theodore Roosevelt. Every President of the United States since then has attended services or visited the Cathedral. It looks like many of the great religious centers built in Europe about 800 years ago. The building is shaped like a cross or the letter T. in the center is a bell tower 91 meters high. Two more towers stand at the bottom of the cross. Two hundred windows are set high in the walls of the National Cathedral. Most are made of many pieces of colored glass. They color the sunlight as it enters the building and spills across the floor. Some windows have flower designs. Others have images from Christian stories or from American heroes.
华盛顿国家大教堂是美国规模最大、最负盛名的宗教中心之一，隶属主教派教会。该建筑的正式名称是圣彼得和圣保罗大教堂。国家大教堂是由私人赞助建造起来的。工程开始于1907年，直到1990年才完全竣工。奠基石是当着当时西奥多。罗斯福总统的面放置的。从那以后的每一任美国总统都参加过这里举行的宗教礼仪活动，或参观过大教堂。大教堂看起来像欧洲许多建于800年前的宗教大中心，形状像个“十”字，或像字母T，中间耸立了一座高达91 米的钟楼，另外两座塔楼坐落在十字形底部。 200扇窗户高高的嵌在国家大教堂的墙上。大多数窗都由多块彩色玻璃拼成，射入建筑内的阳光被彩色玻璃染得五彩缤纷，洒落在大教堂一侧的地坪上，有些窗户有花卉图案，有些窗的画面则是一些有关基督教的故事或美国历史英雄的形象。